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Ehud Manor
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Ehud Manor ( July 13 , 1941 – April 12 , 2005 ) was an Israeli songwriter , poet , translator and radio and TV personality .1 He wrote over 1,250 Hebrew compositions and translated more than 600 works into Hebrew including such Broadway hits as Cabaret and Les Misérables . He wrote the lyrics to many Israeli Eurovision entries, including the 1978 winner Abanibi , the 1983 entry Hi , 1992 song Ze Rak Sport (It's Just Sports), the 2004 entry, Leha'amin (To Believe), which he co-wrote with David D'Or and the 2005 entry, Zman .2 He was a recipient of the Israel Prize . v t e3
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israeli songwriter
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israeli lyricist
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